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“I Already Bought You”: Abuse and Exploitation of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the United Arab Emirates

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Human Rights Watch, October 2014 Human Rights Watch has released its new report on the human and labour rights violations, which include a range of abuses and forms of exploitation throughout the migration journeys of many female domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates. From the Human Rights Watch website: This 79-page report documents how the […]

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“Ontario government introduces law to protect vulnerable workers”

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Robert Benzie, Toronto Star, 16 July 2014 Labour Minister Kevin Flynn revives Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act that would clamp down on employers and employment agencies who violate workers’ rights. Lilliane Namukasa knows what it’s like to be a vulnerable worker. So the 27-year-old, who arrived from Uganda in 2008 to work as

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